Monday, March 10, 2008

rewarding

i posted about these guys back in december. it took several trips to my friend tania's studio to finish them. she brought them to me on the day of larkin's party. i am so happy with them. i had no idea what to expect from the final firing. i was worried that they would be streaky, but i managed to get good coverage. did i mention how much i love them? i also made this serving dish.no, it is not for serving flowers, but i had to showcase the gorgeous ones that larkin picked out for me at the grocery the other night. he is so sweet. i think i may be hooked on the ceramics thing. i mean, i really enjoyed it. i hope tania will let me come and play again soon.i am also happy to report that lucy's easter dress is almost complete. i can hardly wait to post pictures. the dress almost got the best of me today. i have put zippers in plenty of items, but for some reason i thought this one was going to kill me. i had to take it out several times. i had decided to just take it to my aunt to get her to help me with it (read do it for me). but, after a nice break from the zipper, i came back into the room and decided not to follow the directions, and instead do it my way (thanks, nancy). and what do you know...it worked! i believe the key was the hand-basting instead of machine basting of the zipper. hand work really is so very rewarding. so stay tuned for the finished product!

10 comments:

Hi Amy,Your ceramics are great! Good job! As far as the zipper thing, I purchased an iron-on webbing that is very thin and in a roll (like ribbon) and I use this to "baste" my zippers down before I sew them. It's called Steam-A-Seam and it makes zipper installing so much easier!

have you ever used the zipper tutorial on: http://www.greenkitchen.com/blog? The first time I ever put in a zipper I used it and it worked really well. I am sure you have put way more zippers in than me, but I thought you might enjoy taking a peek at it.

funny. i just finally posted something i started writing last week that included my fed-upness with zippers. you'll have to give me a lesson. i love teh gnomes and tray! i can see the little gnomes feeling right at home in your dining room.